Teresa has been volunteering with PPR since 2015, happily accepting many dogs into her home as a foster mom and she is also a Foster Coordinator. Teresa is a two time “foster failure” and has a Hound blend girl named Wilma and a Chihuahua boy named Theo, both from PPR.
“My favorite part of volunteering is the emotional reward when dogs are adopted and find ... View more »
Teresa W.
Teresa W. has been a dedicated Poodle and Pooch Rescue volunteer since January 2023, though her connection to the rescue began years earlier when she adopted Willy, a Yorkie mix, in 2015. Helping animals has been a lifelong passion for Teresa, and she quickly stepped into key roles with the organization.
Teresa serves as a Foster Coordinator, where she supports foste... View more »
Cristen
About 12 years ago, Cristen had a good friend that worked with a PPR volunteer and told her about it. She thought fostering sounded like the most fun thing she had ever heard and immediately applied to foster. Since then she's fostered too many foster dogs to count!
Cristen works from home and one of her favorite things about fostering is the companionship th... View more »
Dolly
After losing two of her dogs within several months of each other, Dolly wanted another dog. She asked her vet's office what rescue they recommended, it was PPR. She ended up adopting a dog from us, really liked the whole process and decided to start volunteering with PPR. This was back in 2014 and we are so glad she joined our team!
Dolly and her husband Ron starte... View more »
Kay
Kay started fostering for Poodle and Pooch back in 2008 and she's one of our most tenured volunteers. She started out fostering for us and says "Admittedly, fostering was clearly not my strong suit because every dog I’ve ever fostered has never left my home." Kay is truly a serial foster fail!
Since there was no room left to foster more dogs, Kay eventually moved... View more »
Alex
Alex started fostering for Poodle & Pooch Rescue in early 2022. She’s been an animal lover since she was a child, and knew once she had the ability to, she wanted to foster dogs, particularly seniors, who may have been looked over due to their age. Once she found out that Poodle and Pooch specialized in saving senior and medical need dogs, she knew we were the... View more »
Maria
“I’ve been fostering with PPR since 2013. I signed up, got my first foster dog, fell in love with him and foster failed – he never left my house! That happened twice. I had Toby (who has since passed) and now it’s just me and Buddy and we usually have a foster dog here too. I became a PPR Foster Coordinator in 2015 and then when I retired in 2018, with... View more »
Linnzi
Linnzi has volunteered with us since 2015. She's held several roles at PPR such as the Media Director, a bio writer, and she's currently a foster mom and a Foster Coordinator. Linnzi really enjoys fostering special needs dogs and helping mama dogs whelp their puppies. She also loves senior pups and "the itty bitty dogs" as she calls them.
Linnzi has quite a pack of... View more »
Erica
Erica Morse has been volunteering with PPR since 2014. Erica wears many hats, she helps with community outreach and events, she assists with transport and boots-on-the-ground rescue/intake efforts, she’s a foster mom, a foster coordinator and a dedicated volunteer and friend. Erica has 2 rescued dogs of her own, PPR “foster fails” Princess Pickle the Pug and... View more »
Kristi
Kristi and her beautiful daughters have been volunteering with PPR since 2014. Kristi has a soft spot for our pets in need and has the help of her daughters, Sasha and Eliana, who have followed in their mom’s footsteps. Kristi works with our events team, setting up at various adoption events and raising awareness, she also assists on our social media team and she an... View more »
